Hand bag



v Oct. 9, 1934; H. D. GIHON, 3

HAND BAG Filed Feb. 21, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAND BAG Harry D. Gihon, 3d, Trenton, N. J., assignor to Atlantic Products Corporation, Trenton, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application February 21, 1933, Serial No. 657,7 58

2 Claims. (01. 190-41) This invention relates to luggage and pertains in the bag in such manner that it may lie flat more particularly to handbags having an openon the bottom of the bag with the handle proing adapted to be closed by a separable fastener, jecting through the opening 8. If desired, apocket preferably of the slide fastener type. 12 may be provided to enclose the stringed part Handbags of this type have recently attained of the racquet, in order to hold it in place and great popularity because of their light, rigid conin order to separate it from the remaining contents struction, and they are used extensively by perof the bag. The pocket may be closed with snap sons engaged in athletic pursuits for carrying fasteners 13 if desired. athletic equipment, etc. Because of their relan O de a the bag y be d for Ordinary 10 tively small size, however, it has been impossible purposes when desired, a patch 14. may be supto enclose some articles such as tennis or squash plied Which y b Cimhected e b at y racquets which it is frequently desirable to carry Su tab e point by a leather thong ThiS patch from place to place. It is an object of the present is of a Size to COVE! the Opening and y be invention to so construct a handbag that such eld in place by S p fasteners 15 articles may be conveniently carried therein. It Will be uhderStOOd that the invention y Other objects and advantages of the invention be variously d fied a d embodied Within the will appear hereinafter. scope of the subjoined claims.

A preferred embodiment of the invention se- I Claim as m invention! lected for purposes of illustration is shown in the A handbag Comprising a pa f side mem- 20 accompanying drawing, in which, bers, a bottom member secured thereto, a gusset Figure 1 i perspective View of t handmember secured to the side and bottom membag i dit for ordinary bers, said gusset member being provided with a Figure 2 is a similar view showing a racquet longitudinal Opening: interlocking members of l d a slide fastener secured to the free edges of said Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view of the han- Opening, a Second Opening in Said gusset member 30 dle opening. located close to the bottom and at one end of Referring to the drawing the handbag i11us said longitudinal opening and communicating trated comprises side members 1 and 2, connected therewith said interlocking members extending to the bottom member 3 and to gusset member the ent re length of said longitudinal opening 30 4 in any suitable manner but endlng at said second opening, so that said In the preferred embodiment illustrated the second opening 15 not T f theliebygusset member is provided with a longitudinal A handbag compnsmg palr of slde memopemng the opposed edges of which are supplied here, a bottom member secured thereto, a gusset With intermeshing parts 6 and 7 of a slide fastener mimber secured to member? which serves as a closure member for the bag. Sald gusset member bemg provlded Wlth long At one end of the bag Closely adjacent the point tudinal opening, interlocking members of a slide where the gusset member is attached to the bottastener Secured free. edges of Sand Open tom of the bag the gusset member is cut away second Opemng m Sam gusset member to provide a substantially circular opening 8 of Gate? 9 to thgbottom and at 01.19 of Sand a size to receive the handle 9 of a racquet as illuslopgltudtnal. Opemng. and commumcatmg. there trated in Figure 2. If desired, the edges of the t Sam mteflocktng m t extendtng the Opening 8 may be faced with a covering 10 of entrre length of said long tudinal open ng but leather or other suitable material. As will be endmg Salfi Sesond Opemng so that Sam secobserved the parts 6 and 7 of the slide fastener 0nd z lz i close? g gg pocket are carried to the edge of the circular opening Ea i g: i i g gg a end in order that when the slide 11 is moved to close ket having it 0 en side f h in i c l g d the bag it may hold the edges of the opening 8 opening p g 58' econ snugly about the handle 9, and when the slide HARRY D GIHON 3RD 5 11 is moved to open the bag, the gusset members i are permitted to separate all the way to the bottom of the bag so that the handle may be easily inserted and withdrawn therefrom.

As illustrated in Figure 2, the above described 55 construction permits the insertion of a racquet 

